Our work
EDRi is the biggest European network defending rights and freedoms online. We work to to challenge private and state actors who abuse their power to control or manipulate the public. We do so by advocating for robust and enforced laws, informing and mobilising people, promoting a healthy and accountable technology market, and building a movement of organisations and individuals committed to digital rights and freedoms in a connected world.
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Eligibility
This is a European open call for participation for civil society entities active in the field of privacy and data protection. The prize is granted to initiatives undertaken by non-governmental organisations, trade unions, non-profit institutions or any other civil society actor for the benefit of the right to privacy and the protection of personal data […]
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Selection Process
The prize will be awarded by a jury of highly qualified experts from different backgrounds: academics, NGOs, media and trade-unions. 10 projects will be short listed after a first selection.
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Award
The ECSDPA winner will benefit from a one week lobbying training in Brussels, travel expenses and lodging being fully covered. During this week, visits to main European institutions such as the European Commission, European Parliament European Data Protection Supervisor, will be organized, as well as meetings with their representatives. The winner will serve as a […]
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Organizers
The European Association for the Defense of Human rights (AEDH) acts in a Europe where major choices are made and affect 500 million individuals. It takes a stand and asserts Human and citizens’ rights so that the Fundamental Rights of all EU residents are recognised in their universality, indivisibility and validity. It counts 23 member […]
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About the sponsors
The Law Science Technology & Society Research Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (LSTS/VUB), is a major stakeholder in the European data protection scene. It is the main organiser of the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP, www.cpdpconferences.org) conference, and it co-organises a series of activities for the 2010 Privacy Day: a civil society award, […]
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Austria: BIM delivers draft act on implementing Data Retention Directive
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Österreich: BIM liefert Gesetzesentwurf zur Implementierung der Vorratsdatenspeicherungs-Richtlinie| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1609] In April 2009 – after the EU Commission decided to bring an action against Austria because of non-transposition of the Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC (DRD) – the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights (BIM) was assigned by the Austrian […]
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Stockholm programme adopted by the European Parliament
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament nimmt Stockholmer Programm an| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1610] After six months of preparation, the European Union has almost reached agreement (somewhat behind schedule) on its 5-year plan for policy in the area of “freedom, security and justice”, better known as the “Stockholm Programme”. Discussions on this proposal took place […]
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Legal Complaints and Petition Against Second French "Horror Database"
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Rechtliche Klagen und Petition gegen zweite französische „Horror-Datenbank“| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1611] The French coalition of groups, associations, trade unions and political parties from the opposition is making it clear after its first successful ‘No to EDVIGE’ in 2008 led to the withdrawal of the EDVIGE intelligence database by the French […]
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Czech Big Brother Awards 2009
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Tschechische Big Brother Awards 2009| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1612] The results of the fifth annual Big Brother Awards were announced at a festive evening in Prague’s Theatre Na Pradle on 12 November 2009. A jury of experts chose from almost 80 nominations entered by the public. Among those awarded are the […]
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EC changes the openess concept in the draft eGov EIF
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäische Kommission ändert Offenheitskonzept im Entwurf des eGov EIF| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1613] A second draft of the European Interoperability Framework (EIF) was recently leaked to the press showing that the European Commission (EC) has decided to take the side of Business Software Alliance (BSA), a lobby group for proprietary software […]
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Spanish court revokes its decision to shut down P2P-related sites
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Spanisches Gericht widerruft seine Entscheidung P2P-verwandte Webseiten zu schließen| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1614] A preliminary shut down decision against two P2P file-sharing link sites has been recently overturned by a Spanish court which also fined the anti-piracy group involved in the case. Two eD2K file-sharing link sites known as Elitelmula and […]
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ENDitorial: IGF 2009: the Forum is the Message (and the Massage as well)
This article is also available in: Deutsch: [ENDitrorial: IGF 2009 – das Forum ist die Message (und auch die Massage)| http://www.unwatched.org/node/1615] Internet Governance Forum or Internet Governance Fair? One might still wonder what the IGF acronym stands for, after the closing of its fourth annual meeting in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on 18 November 2009. […]
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